Two Indian Nationals have been convicted of conspiracy to defraud and influencing a public official by the Suva Magistrates Court.
Mukesh Shankarsinh Purohit is also convicted of using a forged document.
Purohit used a birth certificate knowing that it was false and conspired with another person with the intention of dishonestly influencing Fiji Immigration Officers in their exercise of their duties in the issuance of a passport.
Meanwhile, another Indian National Anil Kumar had conspired with another person with the intention of dishonestly influencing Fiji Immigration Officers in the exercise of their duties in the issuance of a passport.
The matter has been adjourned to the 7th of next month for Sentencing and Mitigation submissions.
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